Steve Goodier Wisdom: Shot of Enthusiasm

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about enthusiasm. Enjoy!

Enthusiasm is something I can get excited about!

I remember a story told about playwright and U.S. Ambassador to Italy, Claire Booth Luce. She became a Roman Catholic late in life and, like many others converted to something new, she seemed to possess limitless enthusiasm and energy about her new faith.

A reporter once spotted her engrossed in deep conversation with the pope. He crept within earshot, all the while wondering what important issues the ambassador and the pope could be discussing. Finally, he was close enough to hear the pope say to Ms. Luce, “But I already am a Catholic!” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: A Spittin’ Image

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about our spirit. Enjoy!

A young mother enlisted the help of a friend in taking her infant identical twins to the doctor. Since the waiting area was full, the two women, each with a twin, were seated on opposite sides of the room. After a few minutes someone commented, “It’s amazing how much those two babies look alike!”

The friend was quick to reply, “Well, they should. They have the same father.” I haven’t heard whether the misunderstanding was ever straightened out.. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Do It Today

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about temptation. Enjoy!

A true story is told of a woman from Switzerland who was served dinner on a domestic American flight. She immediately opened up her dessert — a delicious looking piece of chocolate cake– and heavily salted and peppered it. The flight attendant was shocked and said to the passenger, “Oh! It’s not necessary to do that!”

“But it is,” the woman replied, smiling. “It keeps me from eating it!” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Toll Road to Success

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about success. Enjoy!

An airline passenger struck up a conversation with a stranger who was sniffling, apparently due to a recent head cold.  “Look at me!” he said. “Never a day’s sickness in my life, and all due to simple food,” he boasted. “Why, from the age of twenty to that of forty I lived an absolutely simple, regular life — no pampering, no late hours, no extravagances. Every day, in fact, I was in bed regularly at nine o’clock and up again at five in the morning. I ate a plain meal at noon and, after that, exercised for an hour, then…”

“Excuse me,” interrupted the sniffling stranger in the next seat, “but what were you in for?” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Everything Counts

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about what counts in life. Enjoy!

African-American poet Countee Cullen spent the summer of his eighth year in Baltimore, Maryland. Shortly after he arrived he noticed a little white boy staring at him. Countee smiled, but the little boy did not smile back. Instead, he stuck out his tongue and called him a “nigger.”

Cullen later wrote a poem that included his recollection of the summer when he was eight. In it, he says this: Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Get Ready!

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about preparedness. Enjoy!

You heard about the sign posted on a rancher’s fence? On the other side of the fence resides the biggest, meanest looking bull you can imagine. The sign is intended to strike fear into the hearts of would-be trespassers. It reads: “Don’t attempt to cross this field unless you can do it in 9.9 seconds. The bull can do it in 10 flat!” Don’t try to cross that field unless you are prepared! And isn’t that the way it is in life? We have to be ready when the opportunity arises or else we will have little chance of success.

Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms. Shelton believed in readiness. Students remember how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of an eighth-grade caliber on the chalkboard. They quickly protested that the words were not on their level and they couldn’t learn them. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: When Others Hurt Us

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about compassion. Enjoy!

As the Hayman wildfire in Colorado begins to wane, those of us living around the perimeter occasionally allow ourselves glimmers of hope that all will soon be normal again. No, the forests will not return for many years. Houses lost will not be rebuilt soon. And displaced families won’t find anything resembling normal for many months. The fire itself will still smolder, we’re told, until snow flies this Fall. But, just as crocuses pushing through frozen ground announce the coming of Spring, so patches of blue sky through smoky haze now proclaim the worst may be over.

The fire, we have learned, was set by a forest service technician. She probably never intended to burn almost 140,000 acres of beautiful wilderness in the Rocky Mountains, but it will be months before courts determine whether or not the catastrophe was purely accidental.Numerous homes were destroyed. Lives of firefighters were lost, not by flames, but an automobile accident as they rushed to help. The cost of fighting the fire and property damage will be in the hundreds of millions. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: No Regrets

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about regrets. Enjoy!

Not many people have heard of Bill Havens. But Bill became an unlikely hero of sorts - at least among those who knew him best. Here is his story:

At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the sport of canoe racing was added to the list of international competitions. The favorite team in the four-man canoe race was the United States team. One member of that team was a young man by the name of Bill Havens. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: The Way Home

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about love. Enjoy!

The telephone rang and I reached over to answer it.

“Hi, Steve,” said the voice on the other end. “I’ve been following the news about the forest fire and just wanted to see how you’re getting along.”

Like many others who called and wrote these past few days, I had not heard from my old friend for many months. It was good to talk to him. ‘Why hadn’t we kept in touch better?’ I wondered. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Peace

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about peace. Enjoy!

Do not undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.

Do not set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you. Read more

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